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Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 124th. Edition. Dear Citizens of Heaven, We mentioned that yesterday’s passage was a preamble to today’s (1 Peter 2:13-17). We were reminded that we do not belong here, so we ought to eschew worldly passions. But we do live…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 123rd. Edition. Dear Sojourners and Pilgrims, Today’s passage (1 Peter 2:11-12) is a preamble to the next, urging us to conduct ourselves here on earth in full awareness of our status. That passage will deal with our relationship to…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 122nd. Edition. Dear People who Are a Chosen Generation, We concluded the previous passage with some bad news: Some people stumble because that is what they were appointed to. They will disobey the word. But we are not like…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 121st. Edition. Dear People of the New Covenant, We continue with our theme of building stones in today’s passage (1 Peter 2:6-8). From the idea of a living stone, we are introduced to the idea of a cornerstone. First…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 120th. Edition. Dear Ambassadors of the Risen King, Today’s passage (1 Peter 2:4-5) introduces a concept that we also find in the writings of Paul (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19-20), believers as God’s temple. Main Living Stone (v. 4). We…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 119th. Edition. Dear Chosen Ones, Today’s passage (1 Peter 2:1-3) is the beginning of a long exhortation to holy living. Having established that we are God’s special elect, a theme that we will see throughout this letter, Peter turns…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 118th. Edition. Dear Family, Today’s passage (1 Peter 1:22-25) concludes the discussion on the immeasurable value of our faith. Reflection (v. 22). Peter wants his readers to ponder the implication of their decision to follow Christ. Yielding to God through the…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 117th. Edition. Dear Saints Who Were Chosen Before the Foundation of the World, In today’s passage (1 Peter 1:20-21), Peter continues in his encouragement of suffering believers by showing that the plan of salvation was not incidental, that in…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 116th. Edition. Dear People Belonging to God, In today’s passage (1 Peter 1:17-19) we return to the theme of gold that we first encountered in verse 7. The apostle Peter intends to impress upon the believers, the incomparable worth…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 115th. Edition. Dear People Who Are Called to Holiness, Today’s passage (1 Peter 1:13-15) introduces a key theme of this letter, holiness. Holiness underguards pretty much every other theme in Peter’s communication here. There is a sense in which…